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Plöcken Pass Northern Ascent from Kötschach-Mauthen

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Plöcken Pass Northern Ascent from Kötschach-Mauthen

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Plöcken Pass Northern Ascent from Kötschach-Mauthen

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Location: Kötschach-Mauthen, Bezirk Hermagor, Carinthia, Austria

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Best Road Cycling Rides to Plöcken Pass Northern Ascent from Kötschach-Mauthen

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1. View of Dogna – Old Cycle Bridge loop from Tröpolach

136km

07:15

2,570m

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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2. Lake Pramollo – Forcella di Lius (1005 m) loop from Tröpolach

124km

07:51

3,490m

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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3. Saddle of Monte Zoncolan – Monte Zoncolan Summit loop from Kötschach-Mauthen

104km

06:54

3,290m

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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Laurin

July 4, 2024

Attention! Closed in 2024 due to landslide. Alternatively via Nassfeld to Friuli.

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Chris

August 10, 2024

The northern ascent of the Plöcken Pass is very straight. At the bottom, on new asphalt (as of 08/2024), the first 2.5km go up quickly with three bends and a steep incline, before the next 4.5km lead more straight along the slope. A long U-bend follows along the war cemetery, which ends in the first, longer gallery passage. The gallery is open to the valley so that enough light comes in and you can see something even without light. Coming out of this passage, three bends quickly increase the altitude again before the gradient becomes a little gentler and leads past a hiker's parking lot and a closed restaurant. Then the most disgusting part of the pass begins: a long passage of 1.4km with a dark, poorly lit tunnel (make sure you take a light with you, otherwise you will feel very uncomfortable) that ends just before the pass. That's it. There is no good view of Austria at the top, but there is of Italy. At the time of the trip, the exit to Italy was still closed due to a landslide.

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Markus Paulini

October 11, 2021

On the descent, please drive extremely carefully from the end of the tunnels and galleries and adjust your speed, as the quality of the road will decrease significantly.

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Distance 11.6 km

Uphill 640 m

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Location: Kötschach-Mauthen, Bezirk Hermagor, Carinthia, Austria

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Plöcken Pass Northern Ascent from Kötschach-Mauthen

1. View of Dogna – Old Cycle Bridge loop from Tröpolach

2. Lake Pramollo – Forcella di Lius (1005 m) loop from Tröpolach

3. Saddle of Monte Zoncolan – Monte Zoncolan Summit loop from Kötschach-Mauthen

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